Going to St. Lucia, Barbados, Tortola, Antigua on Dec. 7th....does anyone have any nice beach recommendations and for snorkel? We don't book excusions from the cruise line. Any fun places to go to....we've been to most of these islands once, but need ideas...thanks!

Hi Gabe10, welcome to Cruise-Chat. Congratulations on your up-coming cruise. Have you looked through the Caribbean Port Chat section, a little further down the main page? If you use your "Find" feature in the upper left hand corner of your post, and type in the ports, it will pull up all the posts made. The last time we went to St. Lucia, we went to Pidgeon Island. The ship's excursion would have cost us about half of what we were charged to take a cab there and pay for entrance fees, but it was a really nice area. Snorkeling wasn't that great, but the beaches were beautiful. The ruins were very interesting and you could walk up to the look out of the fort for a beautiful vista. On Barbados we've always done the Tiamia catamaran sail/snorkel through the ships. The catamarans are beautiful, the crew have always been great, and the snorkeling has been good-turtles too. If you take the one with lunch, be sure to try the bajan pepper sauce. Don't know the name of the beach we went to on Tortola, but it was on the northwest side of the island. Really pretty. We went on a ship excursion in Antigua for a catamaran sail/snorkel. Scott Taylor went to Pineapple Beach on Antigua and had a great time. Do try searching through that section, you might find some great ideas. Best wishes and once again, welcome aboard!